Thursday, September 18, 2014

Book Review: PANDORA by Anne Rice

The ancient vampire Pandora has lived for millenniums and
finally tells her tale. Roman by birth during the height of the great Roman
reign, Pandora was an anomaly in the world of men. She was educated,
articulate, strong and not to mention beautiful. You can say she is defiantly
the love of Marius’ life from the moment they met. They had first met as
mortals and Marius had begged Pandora’s father to be allowed to marry her. Her
father told Marius “you are destined to be a roaming historian” and he was
deemed unfit for marriage. Marius and Pandora aka Lydia back then went their
own paths but had never forgotten each other.

In a horrific turn of events Pandora is forced to flee Rome
in fear for her life. Alone she is secreted away to Antioch to start a new
life. With no family or friends to comfort her Pandora grieved terribly for her
loss and ended up turning to the only comfort she could think of, the temple of
Isis. Finding new friends with her goddess Isis she felt compelled to share her
tragedy and the freakish dreams that had been plaguing her ever since she left
Rome. The dreams were disturbing to the temple and they did not know what to
make of them but they knew someone who might be the only person that could help
her to understand them. The “mysterious mind reader” as they called him turned
out to be none other than Pandora’s lost Marius. This was just the beginning of
Marius and Pandora’s love that endured for millenniums. This time around there
was no way Pandora would give Marius up and not with out a fight.

3/5 Not my favorite, it was really short and basically only
gave the beginning of Pandora’s tale. I would not recommend this novel unless
you have read “Blood and Gold” because the two novels really tie in together.
And if you want the whole story you have to read them both.